And this is a very severe issue when it comes to the point where poverty ends up being a contributing factor towards someone wanting to pursue MAID. The case of Amir Farsud, who we discussed on the last episode, involved that dynamic where his disability payments weren't enough to keep him out of poverty and weren't enough to allow him to find a place to live, which would leave him living with severe pain unhoused.

I do think that advocates and human rights experts have a valid point when they say that this legislation does have the potential to have a dehumanizing effect on people with disabilities and, in essence, create a perception, whether in the mind of the public or in the medical profession, that their lives are somehow less worth living, and that is definitely unacceptable.